torched

verb

past tense of torch
as in burned
to set (something) on fire police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money

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Recent Examples of torched Continue reading … 'SERIOUS SEXISM' — El-Sayed explains ‘ogre on a pike’ remark after getting torched by his own party. — FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026 The festivities also included an early birthday dinner at the Parisian restaurant Siena, where friends surprised Lopez with a Chantilly-style birthday cake topped with fresh berries and torched meringue, a source previously told PEOPLE. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 If a starter got torched for five runs or a hitter struck in a big spot, Gausman said, there was an unspoken faith that another player would compensate for the struggle. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 25 July 2026 Settlers torched homes and vehicles, vandalized property and assaulted residents, injuring at least 32 Palestinians, according to OCHA. — Majdi Mohammed, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 San Francisco had already seen a Waymo smashed and torched by a crowd, and a man charged with slashing the tires of seventeen more. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Most of Haiti’s West region, home to Port-au-Prince and the gateway to the country’s other nine geographic areas, is under the control of armed gangs, which have torched police stations, hospitals and schools. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026 Last month, anti-immigrant protesters clashed with police during riots across the capital Belfast, which saw homes and vehicles torched and authorities deploy water cannons. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 10 July 2026 For centuries, ancient scrolls torched nearly 2,000 years ago in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius have remained a mystery. — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for torched
  1. burned
  2. scorched
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  • The sky burnt orange overnight into Monday in Sotillo de la Adrada, in Spain’s central-western province of Ávila.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
  • For nearly 50 years, illustrator and comic book creator Bill Sienkiewicz has burned, splattered and slashed his way across the page with his expressionist approach to visual storytelling.
    — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of burned
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  • Monday, the blaze jumped a control line and initially scorched another 40 acres, according to Watch Duty, a nonprofit organization and app that tracks fires.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • In the Madrid region alone, 6,000 hectares (23 square miles) burnt overnight, taking the total area scorched in that region to 34,000 hectares (131 square miles) in just the last few days, Ayuso said.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Definition of scorched

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